ANSTEY, Charles Raby
Service Numbers: | 2327, 2327A |
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Enlisted: | 12 August 1915, Lismore, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Tregeagle, New South Wales, Australia, 2 March 1891 |
Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Tregeagle and Lismore Public Schools and Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Died of wounds, Etaples, France, 2 July 1916, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension Plot 11, Row T, Grave 10 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lismore & District Memorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
12 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lismore, New South Wales | |
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5 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2327, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
5 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2327, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane | |
28 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2327, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
2 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2327A, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2327A awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-02 |
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9 Battalion
Rank - Private
27 Febraury 1916 - Proceed to join 9 Btn Zetonia
28 February 1916 - Joined Btn at Habeita
27 March 1916 - Proceeding to join B.E.F from Alexandria on board Saxonia
3 April 1916 - Disembarked Marseilles
2 July 1916 - Wounded in action. To hospital with gunshot wound to the ankle resulting in amputation
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Headstone inscription; The loved & only son of Mr & Mrs Anstey of Trefeagle N.S.W. Age 26
Son of Charles and Jane Anstey, of Tregeagle, New South Wales.